Rankin v. Ridge

BRICE, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs (appellees) brought this suit to recover for timber cut from their land under an.oral contract made between their predecessor in title and the defendants (appellants). The defendants by cross action sued plaintiffs for $24,500 damages claimed to have been sustained by them because of the refusal of the plaintiffs to permit the defendants to continue to cut timber under the terms of the contract after the plaintiffs purchased the property.

The cause of action, as alleged by plaintiff, is in substance as follows:

The plaintiffs purchased from D. C. Gibbs what…